Registering device



Aug. 21, 1934. w WRIGHT r AL 1,970,873

REGISTERING DEVICE Filed Feb. 9, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORN EYS Aug. 21, 1934. M. w. WRIGHT El AL REGISTERING DEVICE Filed Feb. 19, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS ATTOR N EY5 Patented Aug. 21, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application February 19, 1931; Serial No; 517,072

1 Claim..

Our invention relates to improvements. in re cording devices, and it consists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements herein. described and claimed. I

An object of our invention is to provide a recording device which has an accurate and a positive movement.

A further object is to provide a recording de-, vice which prevents the operator from cheating,

m the employer if the device is used.

Another object. is to provide a recording device which may be easily operated.

A further object is to provide a recording device which will actuate an audible signal. when the. counter. is operated. r

' thanone registration on a complete actuation of the actuating member. I I

A further object is to provide a recording device in which the counter cannot register unless. the actuating member is. operated.

30, Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the. novel fea tures of the invention will be particularly pointed out. in the appended claim. 7

Our invention is illustrated in the accom.--

panying drawings, forming part of. this application, inwhich.

Figure 1. is a front elevation of our device, Figure 2 is a top plan view of our device as. shown in Figure 1., y

40. Figure 3 is a side elevation of our device as:

shown in Figure 1, V

Figure 4. is an enlarged detail. view of the device. as shown in Figure 1 with the cover plateremoved,

Figure 5 is a section taken 5--5 of. Figure 4,

Figure 6 is a detail view of a portion. of the structure shownv in Figure. 4, r

Figure 'l is a. detail. view of the structure shown in Figure 6, the elements thereof being in the first state of their movements, 7

Figure. 8' is a view similar to Figure 7" showing. the elements thereof in a state of the continued movements of the elements shown; in Figures 6, es-a-nd'l. p

along the line Figure 9- is a detail View showing the position of the pawl member relative to the position ofv the elements shown in Figure 8,

Figure 10; is a. detail view of the elements shown in Figures 6, 7, and 8 in an advance stage of. their movements, and

, Figure 11 is a detail. view showing the positionof. the pawl member relative to the position of the elements shown in Figure 10.

In carrying out our invention, we provide a casing or housing- 1 which comprises side portions 2, atop portion 3-, a bottom portion 4, a back plate 5, and. acover plate 6. The back plate 5 is; provided with a keystone projecting portion. 7. which may be secured thereto by any desirable means such: as rivets 8. The keystone projecting member 7. is receivable. in a keystone slotted member not shown which is connected with a supoprting member whereby the housing Lmay be supported. t

A. base plate 9 is disposedv on the inner side of the back plate5 and may be fixedly connected therewith by any desired means such as rivets 10. A counter 11, which is of standard constructiorr. is mounted on the base plate 9 by any suitable means such as rivets 12. The counter 11 is provided. with a shaft 13 extending therefrom whereby said counter may be actuated. A wheel 14 is mounted on the shaft 13 and is provided. witha. projecting. portion or lug 15 adjacent. the circumference thereof. It will readily be: seen that. anarnr may be substituted for the wheel 14, said arm. having one end fixedly connected with the shaft L3 and the other end provided with the proiecting portion on lug 15. 9o

1 The top side portion. of the housing 1 is provided with a slot 16' therein. An actuating member 1.7, is disposed within. the housing and is provided with. anextended portion 18 which extends. through the slot 16 in the housing. The end of the extended portion 18 is provided with a button portion 19- whichv is fixedly connected therewith by any desirable means such as welding or soldering, The actuating member 1'7 is provided with: a cam opening 20 therein, said camopening beingbounded by cam: faces. 21, 22, 23,. 24, 25;,211di 2.6. The lug. 15 extends through the opening 20; of the actuating member 17. The actuating member. 1'7 is provided; with projecting portions. 2'2, 28, and. 29. The base plate 1 5 a is provided with a.- flange portion 30 which is disposed atright angles to the base portion and integral therewith. The flange portion 30 is provided. with a U-shaped portion 31 extending over the edge: 32-. of. the actuating member 17. 1

The actuating member 17 is longitudinally slidable with respect to the U-shaped portion 31. The projecting portion 27 is in slidable engagement with the back plate 5 and the projecting portions 28 and 29 are in slidable engagement with the cover plate 6. Thus it will be seen that the actuating member 17 is longitudinally slidable within the housing and is held against any transverse movement. The flange portion 30 is provided with a tongue portion 33.

A spring 34 has one end connected with the tongue portion 33 and the other end connected with the projecting portion 29 whereby said actuating member may be normally held in the position shown in Figures 5 and 6.

As shown in Figure 5, a pawl member 35 is movably connected with the actuating member 17 by means of a connectin'g'member 36 which also serves as a bearing means for the pawl member. The pawl member is provided with an engaging portion 37'. A spring member 38 is fixedly connected with the pawl member and movably engages a lug 39 carried by the actuating member 17. A gong member 40 is connected with the base plate 9 by means of a connecting member or rivet 41 which not only connects the gong 40 with the base plate'butalso holds it in spaced-apart position with respect to the base plate.

A striker member 42 is pivotally mounted on the base plate 9 by means of a pin 43. The striker member 42 is provided with a striker portion 44 and a projecting-portion 45 at an end 42 thereof and a flange portion 46 at the other end 46. A spring 47 has one end connected with the flange portion 46 and the other end connected with the base plate 9 as at 48. The base plate 9 is provided with a lug portion 49 which is integral therewith and normally in engagement with the end portion 46 of the striker member 42. The striker member 42 is loosely mounted on the pin 43 so that the striker portion 44 is normally disposed in a slightly spacedapart relation with respect to the gong 40 as shown in Figure 4. The projecting portion 45 of the striker member 42 intercepts the path of travel of the engaging portion 37 of the pawl member 35 so that the projecting portion 45 will operatively engage the engaging portion 37 when the member 17 is actuated whereby the striker 42 will be moved for striking the gong for providing an audible signal. 1 This operation will be more clearly disclosed later in the specification.

The walls of the side portions 2 are provided with a plurality of perforations 50 for permitting the sound caused by the ringing of the gong to escape from the interior of the housing.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. In referring to Figure 4 it will be seen that the number indicated on the counter and at the right thereof is numeral 2 or, in other words, the number reads 47,862. When it is desired to change the 2 to 3 so that the number will read 47,863, the member 17 must be moved downwardly to its extreme position as shown in Figure 10 and return to its normal position shown in Figure 6 for rotating the wheel 14 one complete revolution after which the 3 will be exposed to view instead of the 2.

When the actuating member 17 is in its normal position as shown in Figures 4, 5, and 6, the lug 15 is in the position shown in Figure 6. As the actuating member is moved downwardly, the cam face 23 moves into engagement -'with the lug 15 and as the actuating member continues its movement, the lug 15 is moved to its position shown in Figure 7, thereby rotating the wheel 14. As the actuating member continues its movement the lug 15 moves out of its position shown in Figure 7 and along the cam faces 23 and 24 and into the position shown in Figure 10, at which time the actuating member is in its extreme downward position.

When pressure is released from the actuating member 17, the spring 34 moves the actuating member 17 again into its normal position. When the actuating member starts moving upwardly at its extreme downward position shown in Figure 10, the cam face 25 moves into engagement with the lug 15.

As the actuating member 17 continues its upward movement the lug 15 moves along the cam face 25 and into that portion of the cam opening designated at 26. As the actuating member further continues its upward movement, the lug member 15 moves back along the cam face 25 and into its position shown in Figure 6, at which time the actuating member is in its normal position and the wheel 14 has made a complete revolution.

It will be seen by referring to Figure 9 that when the actuating member 17 is moved downwardly, the engaging portion 37 of the pawl, member 35 engages the projecting portion 45 o! the striker 42 at which time the lug 15 is in the position shown in Figure 7. As the member 17 continues its downward movement the engaging portion 37 rides over the projecting portion 45 of the striker 42. When the engaging portion 37 has passed over the projecting portion 45 it, is moved behind said projecting portion by reason of the spring 38 as shown in Figure 11, at which time the actuating member 17 is in its extreme downward position and the lug 15 is in the position shown in Figure 10. As the actuating lever 17 moves upwardly, the engaging portion 37 of the pawl member 35 engages the projecting portion 45 thereby moving the striker member 42 upwardly to its dotted line position shown at 51. The engaging portion 37 moves by the end of the projecting portion 45 of the striker 42 just as the actuating member 17 moves into its normal position whereby the striker 42 is sprung downwardly by reason of the action of the spring 47 at which time the striker por-- tion 44 strikes the gong 40 for ringing the same, the striker 42 rebounding slightly by reason of the lug 49 and the striker being loosely mounted on the pin 43 whereby the striker portion 44 no will be disposed in a slightly spaced-apart position with respect to the gong for preventing the sound from being muflled.

During the first state of the movement of the lever in its downward direction the lug 15 moves from the position shown in Figure 7 along the cam face 23 and toward its position as shown in Figure 10 at which time the lever is in its extreme downward position. If the operator should release the pressure on the actuating member 17 before the lug 15 passes by the corner 52 in its travel from the position shown in Figure 7 to its position shown in Figure 10 the spring 34 would tend to move the member 17 back toward its normal position, at which time the cam face 21 would move into engagement with the lug 15 for preventing the actuating member 17 from returning to its normal position. Thus it will be seen that once the lever is started in its downward direction it cannot return to its normal position until it makes a complete downward movement.

When the lug 15 is in the position shown in Figure 8 the pawl member 35 will be in the position shown in Figure 9. As the lug 15 rides over the corner 52 the engaging portion 37 of the pawl member moves behind the projecting portion 45 of the striker 42 at which time the actuating member 17 cannot return to its normal position without lifting the striker for ringing the gong. If pressure is withdrawn from the actuating member 17 just as the lug 15 moves over the corner 52 the lug will not move into that portion of the opening indicated at 24 but instead will be moved along the cam face 25 and into that portion of the cam opening indicated at 26 by the upward movement of the member 17 caused by the spring 34.

The continued upward movement of the member 17 moves the lug 15 back along the cam face 25 and into the position shown in Figure 6 at which time the striker 42 is released for ringing the gong 40. 'Thus it will be seen that when the actuating member 17 has been started in its downward movement for rotating the wheel 14 it cannot return to its normal position until the wheel 14 has made a complete revolution for actuating the counter 11 and that the wheel cannot make a complete revolution without ringing the gong 40. In other words the counter cannot be actuated unless the gong is rung.

We claim:

In a registering device having a rotary actuating shaft, the combination of a housing, a reciprocatory actuating arm provided with a cam portion and adapted to be manually moved inwardly of the housing, a pin in engagement with the cam portion and connected with the shaft in offset relationship with respect to the axis of the shaft for rotating the shaft a revolution when the actuating arm is moved through a reciprocation, said cam portion being in the form of a rectangular opening in the arm disposed at an acute angle to a line passing centrally and longitudinally of the arm, the cam portion being provided with a semi-circular slot at the innermost corner and a semi-circular slot at the outermost corner, a spring for moving the arm outwardly of the housing after the arm has been moved to the innermost limit of movement, one of the elements of the cam portion preventing the arm from moving outwardly when the arm has been released after an incomplete inner stroke of said arm.

MALCOLM W. WRIGHT. JAMES F. WRIGHT. 

